Democratic Republic of the Congo Demographic and Health Survey - 2014

DR Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are nationally representative household surveys that provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.

Study Website

Adolescents: 10,000+

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 2013-2014; 2007

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Planning and Monitoring; Democratic Republic of the Congo Ministry of Health; Macro International; ICF International

Funders: USAID; UK Department for International Development (DFID); UNICEF; UNFPA; World Bank; Projet d’Appui à la Réhabilitation du Secteur de la Santé (PARSS); Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; U.S. President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Series:

Demographic and Health Surveys

Notes: Investigators/organizations vary across survey rounds. Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Number of adolescents is summed across all survey rounds.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Endorsement of violence against women, Gender role beliefs;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Physical Health - Nutrition, Self-reported health;

Reproductive Health - Family planning/contraception, Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical violence, Sexual violence;